New York Times Poor Oversight Catches Up with High-Security Infectious Agent and Disease Labs Scientific American The larger question for infectious disease labs and officials now is how these events will alter high-level biosafety work at the more…

Business Insider Australia1st Case of Locally Acquired Chikungunya Virus Reported in USHealthDayThe virus had been reported as close to the U.S. mainland as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, Dr.

The National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB), the independent advisory group for biosecurity and dual-use research, is changing but not for the better. Science magazine is reporting that half of the group’s members are being replaced.

DELRAY BEACH, Fla., July 17, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PositiveID Corporation (“PositiveID” or “Company”) (OTCQB:PSID), a developer of biological detection and diagnostics solutions, today announced that it has received a new order from a large government contractor for the continued testing and evaluation of PositiveID’s M-BAND (Microfluidic Bioagent Autonomous Networked Detector) in support of an existing U.S. government contract. In keeping with contractual obligations the contractor and program have not been named. As a result of this new purchase order, the company has increased its 2014/2015 revenue and backlog (backlog added to revenue recognized) estimate from $3.3 million to $3.5 million, and is reiterating its revenue guidance of $4-10 million through the end of 2015 (2014 and 2015 combined).

“We view this latest purchase order as another validation of not only our technical capabilities, but also our ability to collaborate with large commercial and government partners, while continuing to execute our strategy,” stated William J. Caragol, Chairman and CEO of PositiveID. “We are very pleased to continue the testing of our M-BAND units to protect our nation’s warfighters and defenders.”

Business Insider Australia 5 Times Infectious Diseases Escaped From Laboratory Containment Business Insider Australia Due to lab mishandling, a strain of the H1N1 influenza managed to escaped from a Chinese facility that was likely trying to create…

The Summer 2014 edition of BioCoder is now available for free download.We’ve made it to our fourth issue of BioCoder! I’m excited about this issue — it’s the best collection of articles we’ve published so far.